MI vs KKR IPL 2021: Eoin Morgan-led KKR’s team dominated the game almost throughout the match, but chasing the target of 153 runs, the team succumbed in the final overs.
Chennai: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) offensive all-rounder Andre Russell blamed the pitch for his team’s 10-run defeat in a close match against Mumbai Indians and said his team would make a strong comeback in the following matches.
KKR succumbed in the final overs.
Eoin Morgan-led KKR’s team dominated the match almost the entire match, but chasing a target of 153 runs, the team succumbed in the final overs.
Finishers like Russell and Karthik failed
KKR needed just 30 runs off the final 27 balls, but finishers like Russell and Dinesh Karthik of KKR failed to win the team and the five-time champions Mumbai Indians came back strongly to register their first win of the season. .
Russell calls Chennai pitch difficult
Russell, who returned to the pavilion after scoring 9 off 15 balls, said after the match, “The Chennai pitch was very difficult to bat on, it was not easy for the new batsman to start playing the shot from the first ball at the crease. It was very challenging. ”Russell said,“ There was an uneven bounce, so the pitch was not easy to bat. No matter how good you are, you need to play some balls to get into the rhythm. ‘
Russell explained the major reason for the defeat
Russell said, ‘Unfortunately the ball was not coming on the bat of good finishers like me and Dinesh Karthik. I think if we had given some boundary roots, we would have won. Certainly we are disappointed, but everything is not over yet. This was our second match. ”Russell said that he would learn from the mistakes and return in the next few matches. He said, ‘We will prepare the strategy again. We are definitely playing good cricket as a team. It is now going to be strong to leave this match behind.
